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Drum Beat Directed by Delmer Daves Written by Delmer Daves Starring Alan Ladd Music by Victor Young Cinematography J. Peverell Marley Distributed by Warner Bros. Release date(s) April 18, 1955 Running time 111 min. Country United States Language English Drum Beat is a 1954 CinemaScope western film written and directed by Delmer Daves and co-produced by Daves and Alan Ladd in his first film for his Jaguar Productions company. It stars Alan Ladd , Audrey Dalton, Charles Bronson as Captain Jack, and Hayden Rorke as President Ulysses S. Grant.[1]Filmed in Sedona, Arizona[2], the film uses elements of the 1873 Modoc War in its narrative, with Ladd playing a white man asked by the U.S. Army to attempt negotiations with Native Modocs who are about to wage war.
In his first role, Charles Bronson (originally known as Buchinsky) plays Captain Jack as a memorable villain wearing the coat of a deceased US Cavalry Captain. After murdering General Edward Canby (Warner Anderson) during a peace negotiation, Bronson puts on the late General's coat and announces to the audience "Me GENERAL Jack now!"
Cast
- Alan Ladd as Johnny MacKay
- Audrey Dalton as Nancy Meek
- Marisa Pavan as Toby
- Robert Keith as Bill Satterwhite
- Rodolfo Acosta as Scarface Charlie
- Charles Bronson as Captain Jack
References
External links
- Drum Beat at the Internet Movie Database
Films directed by Delmer Daves 1940s Destination Tokyo (1943) · The Very Thought of You (1944) · Hollywood Canteen (1944) · Pride of the Marines (1945) · The Red House (1947) · Dark Passage (1947) · To the Victor (1948) · A Kiss in the Dark (1949) · Task Force (1949)1950s Broken Arrow (1950) · Bird of Paradise (1951) · Return of the Texan (1952) · Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953) · Never Let Me Go (1953) · Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) · Drum Beat (1954) · Jubal (1956) · The Last Wagon (1956) · 3:10 to Yuma (1957) · Cowboy (1958) · Kings Go Forth (1958) · The Badlanders (1958) · The Hanging Tree (1959) · A Summer Place (1959)1960s Parrish (1961) · Susan Slade (1961) · Rome Adventure (1962) · Spencer's Mountain (1963) · Youngblood Hawke (1964) · The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965)Categories:- American films
- English-language films
- 1954 films
- Films directed by Delmer Daves
- 1950s Western films
- Warner Bros. films
- Films shot in CinemaScope
- Cavalry Western films
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